When Law Goes Pop: The Vanishing Line Between Law and Popular Culture

by Richard K. Sherwin and Sherwin, Richard K. Sherwin, Richard K.

Book Overview

The past few decades have seen the legal system entering American popular culture like never before, from the media blitzes surrounding high-profile trials to the countless television programs in which judges rule on everyday disputes. What, if anything, does this mean for the legal system itself? According to Richard K. Sherwin, it is a dangerous development--one that threatens to turn law into spectacle, undermining public confidence as legal style...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226752917
• ISBN13: 9780226752914
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"